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who claimed to be upholding the spirit of the boston tea party as they dumped out the contents of the tracks that tried to cross the picket line. 2008 sure enough to look like the pattern was repeating itself. it began with a financial insanity similar to the 20s and it is not a coincidence the modern day miss behavior began but they were allowed to go but in the awful days of 1932 when when they show off them in to lead ditch while the rest of us had a tramp their return to juxtapose americans against the in carrying predatory world. but if you would have been to hear the homage to the spirit of the boston tea party the demands that follow will be exactly the opposite of those striking iowa farmers back from 1932 and what makes the rebels blood boil is not the plight of the indebted property owner but the possibility that such losers might escape their predicament. it might step been to do the very things that those iowa farmers wanted them to do 80 years ago. 17 years following seven fat years. what burns the modern populist that is if anybody has the air against you think human aff
who claimed to be upholding the spirit of the boston tea party as they dumped out the contents of the tracks that tried to cross the picket line. 2008 sure enough to look like the pattern was repeating itself. it began with a financial insanity similar to the 20s and it is not a coincidence the modern day miss behavior began but they were allowed to go but in the awful days of 1932 when when they show off them in to lead ditch while the rest of us had a tramp their return to juxtapose americans...
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and in boston. the continental army developed a much larger ratio of artillery to infantry than was the case in the british and the hessian forces. and all of this -- the artillery was used up front in the way the german army used some of their artillery in the second world war. what it was meant to do is stabilize and support the inexperienced american infantry and the man at the center of that was the book seller henry knox who taught himself about artillery from the books in his own bookstore. and all of this was put to work. and then washington's counsels began to get news from the intelligence networks that there was an opportunity in new jersey. the opportunity was that the british and hessians were having big problems of supplies themselves. they were at the end of a 3,000-mile chain. so they were distributed widely across new jersey to far regions of the country side. and the forage left to theft and violence and violence to murder and murder to rape. and suddenly, the people of new jersey b
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i'd also like to thank our media sponsors wbur and the "boston globe." we could have an hour and a half or whole conference on franklin roosevelt and civil rights and you'll see from your schedule that we only have about 20 minutes to do that, and i was suggesting to allida, who is an expert on both franklin and eleanor roosevelt, that their courtship lasted about two years and trying to cover this topic in 20 minutes is a bit like the modern phenomenon of speed dating, so we'll do our best to cover this topic. fortunately, allida is not only a wonderful storyteller but a very fast talker, so allida, there's a debate among historians about franklin roosevelt and civil rights and maybe you -- when he became president, he faced a country that was not only facing depression, but was a seg gated nation. and like president kennedy and others, he faced conservative leaders in congress and within his own party and so as he was trying to put forth legislation, if he moved too quickly on integration in terms of some of that legislation, that could have held back
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from scholars who have been reading of the books in washington's library, which are now kept in the boston athenaeum. and in them, they found that washington was buying and reading many of the anti-slavery traps of his time. they were pouring in from all over the world. and he was part of a kind of western movement that had a very particular quality. it was not only british, but also french. it tended to be centered on gradual emancipation. and he was moving in that direction. and then he decided that he would not free his slaves in his lifetime. others were doing that. it was spreading very rapidly in particularly in maryland, in virginia, especially in delaware. but he chose not to do that. i think partly it was complicated because most of them were not his slaves. they belonged to his wife. and there was some complication about that as well. but he did finally decide, as others did not, to end slavery at mt. vernon on his death. what drove him there, i think it was probably that idea of these men engaged in a struggle for in the cause. and it has been observed that that's happened again
from scholars who have been reading of the books in washington's library, which are now kept in the boston athenaeum. and in them, they found that washington was buying and reading many of the anti-slavery traps of his time. they were pouring in from all over the world. and he was part of a kind of western movement that had a very particular quality. it was not only british, but also french. it tended to be centered on gradual emancipation. and he was moving in that direction. and then he...
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s >>statsonquce of the boston stke of 1919 where the boston police who were not well paid all decide to go out on strike. e se esrwlm th gout o odug tre iso chaos. >> host: governor of massachusetts. >> guest: he is not the mayor. pod ton cedeceor alls out the national guard after the mayor had illegally called them out. order is restored. e pliauthe itselfidot cch --
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should you happen to hear an homage to the spirit of the boston tea party nowadays, the demands that you know will be exactly the opposite of those striking iowa farmers back in 1932. what makes the rebels blood boil today is not the flight of the indebted property owner, but the possibility that such losers as they call them might escape their predicament, but the government may step in and do the very things that those iowa farmers wanted to do 80 years ago. that sounded he nears must take seven years. that seems like a good deal to us nowadays. but burns are modern-day populaces anyone has that air can the human affairs might be arranged and other days. the government is somehow all our neighbor to evade a common disaster, that some mortgage remediation though might let him out of the hard times that he so clearly deserved. the ones moved to protest today are on liquidation of sizzled herbert hoover's to call them. the words i saw him aside at the first tea party protests back in early 2009, your mortgage is not my problem. now how did conservative than that this amazing reversal
should you happen to hear an homage to the spirit of the boston tea party nowadays, the demands that you know will be exactly the opposite of those striking iowa farmers back in 1932. what makes the rebels blood boil today is not the flight of the indebted property owner, but the possibility that such losers as they call them might escape their predicament, but the government may step in and do the very things that those iowa farmers wanted to do 80 years ago. that sounded he nears must take...
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he wanted to put her in boston in a place near boston in a home for retarded and children. he said don't do it because you can't protect the family's privacy or your privacy. and you can't protect her privacy so they moved her to a content home in wisconsin. all that i understand. what i don't understand is that when he put her in this home that she was well cared for she never saw her again, and the family only began to visit after kennedy had his debilitating stroke and they never told him. the only one to make sense out of this to me was to shriver, she began the work with openly disabled because of what the family went through and tim shriver is an extraordinary young man that works for the olympics you have to understand the shame because they couldn't do enough for their system, they couldn't do enough for her. they couldn't do anything kennedy convinced himself and the rest of the family that she was better off by herself with her own community for herself in jefferson wisconsin. i still don't understand it as much as i want. one last question. >> [inaudible] >> his
he wanted to put her in boston in a place near boston in a home for retarded and children. he said don't do it because you can't protect the family's privacy or your privacy. and you can't protect her privacy so they moved her to a content home in wisconsin. all that i understand. what i don't understand is that when he put her in this home that she was well cared for she never saw her again, and the family only began to visit after kennedy had his debilitating stroke and they never told him....
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i would like to thank wbur and "the boston globe." we could have a whole hour and a half or conference on franklin roosevelt and civil rights, and you'll see from your schedule, we only have 20 minutes to do that and i was suggesting to alita, an expert on franklin and eleanor roosevelt, their koortship lasted two years, and trying to cover this topic in 20 minutes is a bit like the modern phenomenon of speed dating. we'll do our best to cover this topic. fortunately, aleta is a wonderful story teller and a fast talker. so, aleta, a debate among historians among franklin roosevelt and civil rights, and maybe when he came -- became president, he faced a country that was not only facing depression, but was a segregated nation. like president kennedy and others, he faced conservative leaders and congress within his own party, and as he was trying to put forth legislation, if he moved too quickly on integation in terms of legislation that could have held back other legislative accomplishments, give us the quick gloss of franklin roosevelt
i would like to thank wbur and "the boston globe." we could have a whole hour and a half or conference on franklin roosevelt and civil rights, and you'll see from your schedule, we only have 20 minutes to do that and i was suggesting to alita, an expert on franklin and eleanor roosevelt, their koortship lasted two years, and trying to cover this topic in 20 minutes is a bit like the modern phenomenon of speed dating. we'll do our best to cover this topic. fortunately, aleta is a...
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paul robinson and ashley young followed up with another boston cheer united game five points ahead of manchester city with seven games left. into the bottom train on top of the fence. i think from unities point of view. you know they'll look at today and they will think fully in minutes you'll probably wonder will it always come from you know because we were in a good positions off the ball for st louis was clever on the break and you know we're disappointed we didn't just hang in there for five or six minutes because of with that because florida got a point but your point of view or no look at related to do as a favor you know in a couple of games. well meanwhile the champions league resumes this tuesday evening and i don't know when will do for defending champions barcelona take on ac milan at the nou camp in the second leg as i quarterfinal a goal a straw in the first leg means malani only a score draw to go through to the last four so the game find a boss that is straightforward they need to win to reach their fifty's that's the semifinal and for what is on their side is their unb
paul robinson and ashley young followed up with another boston cheer united game five points ahead of manchester city with seven games left. into the bottom train on top of the fence. i think from unities point of view. you know they'll look at today and they will think fully in minutes you'll probably wonder will it always come from you know because we were in a good positions off the ball for st louis was clever on the break and you know we're disappointed we didn't just hang in there for...
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just been published from scholar whose have been reading of the books in washington's library in the boston antheneum. in them, washington was buying and reading many anti-slavery tracks of his time. they were pouring in, all over the world, and he was part of a kind of western -- movement, that was -- had a very particular quality. not only brit uish but also french. intended to be centered on gradual emancipation. he was moving in that, in that direction. and then, he would not free his slaves. in his lifetime. others were doing that. and that mission was spreading very rapidly in particularly in, in, in maryland, in virginia, especially in, in delaware. but he chose not to do that. i think partly it was complicated because things were not all, most of them were not his slaves they belonged to his wife. there was some complication about that. as well. but he did finally decide as others did not, to end slavery at mount vernon. on his, on his, on his death. what drove him there -- i think it was -- probably that idea of -- of these men engaged struggle for, in the cause. it's been observed
just been published from scholar whose have been reading of the books in washington's library in the boston antheneum. in them, washington was buying and reading many anti-slavery tracks of his time. they were pouring in, all over the world, and he was part of a kind of western -- movement, that was -- had a very particular quality. not only brit uish but also french. intended to be centered on gradual emancipation. he was moving in that, in that direction. and then, he would not free his...
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should you happen to hear an homage the spirit of the boston tea party nowdays, the demands that follow are going to be -- what makes the rebels' blood boil today is not the plight of the indebted property owner but the possibility that such losers, as they call them, might escape their predicament. that the government might step in and do the very things those iowa farmers wanted it to do 80 years ago. that seven lean years must follow seven fat years. hell, that seems like a good deal now daze. what burps our populace is that anyone has the arrogance to think that human affairs might be arranged in any other way. that government might somehow allow our neighbor to evade his part of the common disaster. that some mortgage remediation bill might let him out of the hard times he so clearly deserves. the ones moved to protest today are all liquidationists as old herbert hoover used to call them. what they want the world to understand is to quote the word i saw prepared on the sunshine the fort tea party protest, your mortgage is not my problem. now, how did conservativism chief that's? by
should you happen to hear an homage the spirit of the boston tea party nowdays, the demands that follow are going to be -- what makes the rebels' blood boil today is not the plight of the indebted property owner but the possibility that such losers, as they call them, might escape their predicament. that the government might step in and do the very things those iowa farmers wanted it to do 80 years ago. that seven lean years must follow seven fat years. hell, that seems like a good deal now...
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he had to raise money in and around boston. again, he realized as an irish catholic of east boston he didn't have the connections they never have the connection in any of the american industries. so what did clerics he looked ahead and he realized that the financial institution was paying no attention to the industry that was about to take off. moving pictures. they paid no attention. there are pay no attention to moving pictures. so he moved to and began making his own deals, his own contacts. when babe ruth was still in austin, put babe ruth a moving picture. because babe ruth do his money and kennedy never paid anybody a friend. but every other deal went through and eventually he ended up in hollywood as the owner, as the studio head up what was a minor studio. but that wasn't going to stop them. he realized and recognized how he could convert his outsider status, how he could make it an advantage, a benefit rather than a liability when he arrives in hollywood he positioned himself as the non-jew. as the boston banker as thi
he had to raise money in and around boston. again, he realized as an irish catholic of east boston he didn't have the connections they never have the connection in any of the american industries. so what did clerics he looked ahead and he realized that the financial institution was paying no attention to the industry that was about to take off. moving pictures. they paid no attention. there are pay no attention to moving pictures. so he moved to and began making his own deals, his own contacts....
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. >> in boston you are nothing. >> in boston i am a god too. >> it is all relative. 34,000, i can go to uganda and have a sprawling mansion, but i like having my head on my neck, and i don't like malaria. so to come here it is not outer outer -- not worth as much, and if we are speaking relatively speaking, yes the people at occupy wall street shouldn't complain about dash it, but we are one of the least taxed country in the industrialized world. >> it is not like the rich started out on third base. when you look at the data, but 60% of people in the to much bracket in 1996 fell to the lower bracket by 2005. and those in the lower brackets moved up. there is a lot of movement. >> it is very march madnessy. >> in a few hours st. patrick's day -- it is a weekend. st. patrick's day falls on a saturday, and it is like two things crashing together that create a big explosion of vomit. but you know what else is happening is occupy wall street is having something too. you will have hippies and drunks coming together on a saturday, and it is going to be unbelievable. i'm hiding under my bed.
. >> in boston you are nothing. >> in boston i am a god too. >> it is all relative. 34,000, i can go to uganda and have a sprawling mansion, but i like having my head on my neck, and i don't like malaria. so to come here it is not outer outer -- not worth as much, and if we are speaking relatively speaking, yes the people at occupy wall street shouldn't complain about dash it, but we are one of the least taxed country in the industrialized world. >> it is not like the...
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[applause] >> next call for david mccullough for boston massachusetts. boston, please go ahead with your question for mr. mccullough. >> caller: mr. mccullough, this is dick wingfield. i want to think you for bringing history alive to the american people and to me. i have every one of your books in your book case i'm looking at right now. i have to admit i haven't read any of them from cover to cover but once the most interesting things i've ever read that you have written is an essay in a book a collection of books what if when you describe washington's crossing not the delaware but the east river for the most important defense in the history of our country very few of us know anything about and should know more about. they should be a monument in this $250 million park around the east river. i've written you a letter about that which i've never heard back from you on. [laughter] i spent, ironically i spent friday afternoon looking through your book at barnes and noble looking to see whether among the things that you've discovered in paris that was brou
[applause] >> next call for david mccullough for boston massachusetts. boston, please go ahead with your question for mr. mccullough. >> caller: mr. mccullough, this is dick wingfield. i want to think you for bringing history alive to the american people and to me. i have every one of your books in your book case i'm looking at right now. i have to admit i haven't read any of them from cover to cover but once the most interesting things i've ever read that you have written is an...
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boston was across the channel. he was the ultimate insider in east boston. he was the ultimate insider in boston latin. and even when he went to harvard, because half of his class went with him from boston latin to harvard and about 10% of the students were catholic and a much larger percentage from public schools in and around boston, he still considered himself an insider. there were bramens there, and they didn't let him into some of their clubs, but that didn't bother him nearly as much as the fact that he was too slow to make the varsity baseball team. he got his letter but was never a starter. he graduated from harvard, and his life began. he wanted to go into banking, into finance. and he discovered that every door was closed to him because he was an irish catholic from east boston whose father had been a ward leader. every door. his friends, his classmates who were not irish catholic got interviews, got jobs at the major banks, the major financial institutions. he got nothing. nothing. not an answer, not an interview, not a nothing. he was still goin
boston was across the channel. he was the ultimate insider in east boston. he was the ultimate insider in boston latin. and even when he went to harvard, because half of his class went with him from boston latin to harvard and about 10% of the students were catholic and a much larger percentage from public schools in and around boston, he still considered himself an insider. there were bramens there, and they didn't let him into some of their clubs, but that didn't bother him nearly as much as...
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just twenty four hours marches were nice and least twenty seven cities in america from denver to to boston. new york city unfortunately many of these peaceful marches also ended in a rests and in washington d.c. today the nation's oldest and largest remaining occupations are in danger themselves of being a victim at the behest of republicans in congress like former criminal darryl the national park service told demonstrators have been occupying two spaces in downtown d.c. for months but they have until noon today to remove any camping gear or face immediate arrest deadline came and went without a vision when the sun goes down in the ban on sleeping goes into effect things could get ugly for the latest on all these coast to coast events and what the state of the occupy movement is after a tumultuous weekend i'm joined from oakland by susie cagle freelance journalist and contributor to the guardian and here in our d.c. studios ben zucker participant the occupy d.c. and eric latke latke also participant with occupy d.c. and the author of the book twenty forty four the problem isn't big brothe
just twenty four hours marches were nice and least twenty seven cities in america from denver to to boston. new york city unfortunately many of these peaceful marches also ended in a rests and in washington d.c. today the nation's oldest and largest remaining occupations are in danger themselves of being a victim at the behest of republicans in congress like former criminal darryl the national park service told demonstrators have been occupying two spaces in downtown d.c. for months but they...
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the tea party from my hometown of boston was about throwing the india corporate tea into the harbor exactly they had a special privilege from the british crown and. the settlers the colonialists wanted to be able to trade with whomever they chose and not have to deal with the corporate monopoly that the british were imposing on at the time and that is a refrain throughout american history andrew jackson was fighting the first bank of america i know you can talk more about the current iteration of bank of america but that idea that corporations get special privileges from the government and then use special privileges to leverage that advantage leverage the wealth and try to get more power i think is a constant story it's one of those things that go with a corporate charter is a threat and i think we always understood that and ok surely we forget it or we lose some battles like with santa clara in the gilded age took away our constitutional rights because we didn't keep an adequate eye on corporate power but we pushed back with the progressive era the new deal again in the sixty's and sevent
the tea party from my hometown of boston was about throwing the india corporate tea into the harbor exactly they had a special privilege from the british crown and. the settlers the colonialists wanted to be able to trade with whomever they chose and not have to deal with the corporate monopoly that the british were imposing on at the time and that is a refrain throughout american history andrew jackson was fighting the first bank of america i know you can talk more about the current iteration...
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and then the germans and then the irish, they came if fantastic numbers into new york, philadelphia, boston and so on and albany. albany had so many irish that they couldn't handle it during the famine, and they stopped -- they closed our borders and would not let anymore people in. there were so many people coming into the city. eventually, the irish became dominant in the 19th century in numbers. in 1875 census i think it showed that one in six albanians was born in ireland. add to this the politics, and albany was always a political city. even in dutch colonization, it was a rebellious city. in the time of the english, likewise when we had the revolution plotters and schemers and drafters of the constitution gathering in albany, franklin's albany, plan of union. and so, so it went through the years. one of the great politicians of all time in this state, in the country was the mayor of albany. he had uninterrupted success from the time he was elected in 1942 until he died in hospital of emphysema in 1983. eleven terms uninterrupted. and he, that's the longest-running mayor of any city in
and then the germans and then the irish, they came if fantastic numbers into new york, philadelphia, boston and so on and albany. albany had so many irish that they couldn't handle it during the famine, and they stopped -- they closed our borders and would not let anymore people in. there were so many people coming into the city. eventually, the irish became dominant in the 19th century in numbers. in 1875 census i think it showed that one in six albanians was born in ireland. add to this the...
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the kennedys were scared, and south boston's reaction to segregation was not quite as violent as birmingham. but it was shocking. and they brought about the emancipation proclamation. the responsiveness of the kennedys -- johnson was wonderful, but he coasted on the tragedy of kennedys, with all of his skill, he deserves the most total respect for the achievement of piloting it through. it was all those events that happened before, including the kennedys' commitment. >> roger, if you would answer that, and then i want kenneth to answer that. we are at the end, so i'll ask you to be brief. >> recap your question. >> is it fair and accurate, or accurate or both, that lyndon johnson pretty much gets the credit for being the civil rights president on legislation, or that was teed up by the kennedys, some would say? >> when lyndon johnson became president, it happened that my uncle was with me in washington. and he said, this is going to be good. i said, are you kidding me? what do you mean it's going to be good? old southern guy, he talks all that southern talk. i said, that guy is not going to
the kennedys were scared, and south boston's reaction to segregation was not quite as violent as birmingham. but it was shocking. and they brought about the emancipation proclamation. the responsiveness of the kennedys -- johnson was wonderful, but he coasted on the tragedy of kennedys, with all of his skill, he deserves the most total respect for the achievement of piloting it through. it was all those events that happened before, including the kennedys' commitment. >> roger, if you...
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one of them respectively boston mccarty upset us who believe that the benefits of them up repeatedly. and the willing. to look. the other earth benefits go up through which broke the. bed a bit because it's not want to pay a. bad oh well that one group the president roosevelt was talking about who wants to pay their fair share of taxes and is in washington d.c. this week and they call the patriotic millionaires and one of them joins me right now from our new york studio but your shot and fell is here he's the founder of the shot and fell group l.l.c. richard welcome hi thanks for having me thanks for joining us you guys call yourselves patriotic millionaires what does that mean. well you know we're we're a group of citizens who are concerned about the country and we're patriots and we realize that the path we've been going down is one that's going to lead to devastation to the u.s. economy we look at what's going on in the country in the deficits and we we realize that people who are wealthy in this country need to do more and we look at thirty years of driving taxes down on the wealt
one of them respectively boston mccarty upset us who believe that the benefits of them up repeatedly. and the willing. to look. the other earth benefits go up through which broke the. bed a bit because it's not want to pay a. bad oh well that one group the president roosevelt was talking about who wants to pay their fair share of taxes and is in washington d.c. this week and they call the patriotic millionaires and one of them joins me right now from our new york studio but your shot and fell...
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he wrote the letters home to his parents in boston. the letters are at the massachusetts historical society talk about what she did to try to bring jews and labor leaders and intellectuals to the united states. but specifically at one point she sent him to the ilo to represent the united states in the 1930's, the international labor organization, and he asked her are you worried about me going? you are sending me to the middle of europe. on the u.s. representative and dillinger risch. and she said don't be ridiculous. of course i'm sending you. you are our best person. >> what reaction -- i will start again. of like to ask what reaction frances perkins may have had in 1947 with the taft hartley act i'm sure she was displeased with it what did she react publicly or simply say it's all in a day's work and let it go? >> she was very concerned about the passage of the national labor relations act for just that reason. it's interesting because she never testified in opposition to it but she said in her oral history she wasn't really a suppo
he wrote the letters home to his parents in boston. the letters are at the massachusetts historical society talk about what she did to try to bring jews and labor leaders and intellectuals to the united states. but specifically at one point she sent him to the ilo to represent the united states in the 1930's, the international labor organization, and he asked her are you worried about me going? you are sending me to the middle of europe. on the u.s. representative and dillinger risch. and she...
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greenland letcher 2,000 miles from the american coast are now part of the western hemisphere as much as boston or rio de janeiro, and he then determines that to have to be defended and again he goes before the press and he says if a rattlesnake is poised to strike you don't wait until a strikes, you crash it before hand. what he means is that america to become american warships will go after german vessels who are in the waters that he's not declared it part of the western hemisphere. this becomes known as the shoot on sight policy and what he's done, she has declared and undeclared war match against germany and the high seas of the atlantic. by the time pearl harbor occurs in december of 1941 roosevelt has seized the levers of control of the american military has no president since abraham lincoln in the civil war. he revels in the sand is as comfortable as the old be up for he used to wear as his trademark hat. at one point he is to be introduced at indigent by the secretary of state and he tell him don't introduce me as president today, introduce me as commander in chief. in this role, he a
greenland letcher 2,000 miles from the american coast are now part of the western hemisphere as much as boston or rio de janeiro, and he then determines that to have to be defended and again he goes before the press and he says if a rattlesnake is poised to strike you don't wait until a strikes, you crash it before hand. what he means is that america to become american warships will go after german vessels who are in the waters that he's not declared it part of the western hemisphere. this...
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i first started working for kevin white full time when he was running for mayor o boston in 1967. by the end of this year, my term it will have been 45 years. i real these that is the equivalent for me of somebody i net 1967 when i first started working full time in polics who had begun his political career in 1922 with calvin coolidge. so you have to look... >> rose: (laughs) puts it in perspective doesn't it? >> i served eight years for the state legislature. it will be 32 years in the house. it's... this will be the first election coming up in 40 years when i wasn't voting for myself which i'll miss because i can always be sure of one candidate, at least. but i began to think last year that i wanted to retire. partly because you do get tired. i'd like to write, i have a lot of things that i think are worth saying. some people can write and do other things. pat moynihan was the exemplar. he could write fluently. >> rose: they used to say in the senate pat moynihan had written more books than anybody else had read. >> but i am too easily distracted by the... used to be the blank
i first started working for kevin white full time when he was running for mayor o boston in 1967. by the end of this year, my term it will have been 45 years. i real these that is the equivalent for me of somebody i net 1967 when i first started working full time in polics who had begun his political career in 1922 with calvin coolidge. so you have to look... >> rose: (laughs) puts it in perspective doesn't it? >> i served eight years for the state legislature. it will be 32 years...
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the ninth circuit and he said he thought obama was being similarly cute -- host: next call comes from boston. a democrat. you are on the air. good morning. caller: yes, good morning, c- span. thank you for taking my call. i have two comments. i think that antonin scalia, the comments he me about obamacare, it is called the affordable health care act. am i right? am i right? host: what is your comment. make your comment. caller: republicans are nothing but hypocrites. the first time romney gets in office, get ready for your jobs to be outsourced. thank you. host: aura. republican. hello. caller: at one time i was supportive of the green party because the democrats interrupted my work as a screenplay writer. i moved upstate and we were so happy. -- when obama got in. this type of activity is still going on, and directing sleep and closing rate of -- causing great difficulty. i have been reviewed. i am a writer. host: i know you have something host: i know you have something to
the ninth circuit and he said he thought obama was being similarly cute -- host: next call comes from boston. a democrat. you are on the air. good morning. caller: yes, good morning, c- span. thank you for taking my call. i have two comments. i think that antonin scalia, the comments he me about obamacare, it is called the affordable health care act. am i right? am i right? host: what is your comment. make your comment. caller: republicans are nothing but hypocrites. the first time romney gets...
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. >> elizabeth controlly taught architectural history and boston's northeastern university for 15 years and says kitchens moved front and center when women stepped out of them an went to work. >> in the 1970s when the walls come down, and the kitchen becomes a more open, social space, that is when the kitchen island starts to gain traction. >> when we first arrived here, it was literally nothing but just a pile of wood and an open sky. >> when he began renovating this old bar just outside of winchester, england, architect johnny grey's first job was finding the perfect place for the kitchen island. >> we would set it in the middle of the space, the idea being this is the command position or what we call to the sweet spot, almost being the conductor of the orchestra stands, unfortunately when you are the cook you are the orchestra as well has the conductor. >> here is my island. >> oh, my god. >> i think this is better than like the canary island, frankly. >> johnny grey designed this kitchen island with russian motif and lots of levels for writer andrew solomon's home in new york city.
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after the boston tea party and the so- called coercive acts and it is clear that the colonists were pulling together ammunition. maybe they did not intend to use it but that was a big debate. the king prohibited british ships from taking ammunition and everything to the colonies are less it was officially sanctioned. they were very alert to this. as soon as the colony's found out about the order prohibiting ammunition and munitions from being sent to the colonies, in new hampshire and then rhode island, colonist patriots over the monitions so everyone knew what was coming in the winter of 7074-1775. >> this brighter suggests that 1775 was a critical launching point of the revolutionary war and american independence. that is sunday night at 8:00 on cspan's "q7a." >> next a discussion with the all women delegation to congress from new hampshire. for the first time in u.s. history, the u.s. delegation of a state will be entirely made up of women. from manchester, new hampshire, this is about one hour, 15 minutes. >> onto the program -- just a little bit on the way the questions were de
after the boston tea party and the so- called coercive acts and it is clear that the colonists were pulling together ammunition. maybe they did not intend to use it but that was a big debate. the king prohibited british ships from taking ammunition and everything to the colonies are less it was officially sanctioned. they were very alert to this. as soon as the colony's found out about the order prohibiting ammunition and munitions from being sent to the colonies, in new hampshire and then...
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allowed to run the boston mare thathon. >> and it is monday, right? >> no, it was last monday. a lot of celebrations, and it did not make title ix sign when president nixon signed it into law, but it helped, because if a woman could run 26 miles, a woman could do anything. >> and we could before that, but obviously, your work at espn, and you have seen so much of the lifeblood of what this is coming to fruition and the very fact as you of a sports voice is indicative of where we are now, maya. >> yes, a lot of the pioneers who have preceded me, and christine veeren in and leslie viser,ç and those are battles that i fought that i don't have to do now, and now the athletes are not barred from going in to interview. and there were times when women were barred. so when you look at a augusta national and the masters and them not allowing female members, that some of the strongest voices were female sports writers, and so it is important just how my profession is flourishing and how title ix has impacted me and allowed me the do something that i love whic
allowed to run the boston mare thathon. >> and it is monday, right? >> no, it was last monday. a lot of celebrations, and it did not make title ix sign when president nixon signed it into law, but it helped, because if a woman could run 26 miles, a woman could do anything. >> and we could before that, but obviously, your work at espn, and you have seen so much of the lifeblood of what this is coming to fruition and the very fact as you of a sports voice is indicative of where...
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philadelphia and he writes martin says their way yummy to leave to when of going out to the camp at boston in the tells representative the bottom, i retain end of alterable of the action field so for me this was really an important part of understanding george washington. sometimes i think he had marthas relationship was sort of made into something it is not come and i think in these letters i see george washington you had a deep love for his wife. by the time washington is at valley forge he is in bad times during the war that is difficult to. he is being discussed in congress as, you know, kind of and whispers that maybe we need to get rid of him. really not doing so hot. and so he, when he course at valley forge, george washington has a lot on his mind. you can see that starts incredible mastery of sculpture here. you can see and the incredible talent in pitching his face, and you can see the worry and stress in his eyes. because he knows that he is going into winter quarters that the british are occupying philadelphia, the capital to end there only 60 miles away. his men, lot of them,
philadelphia and he writes martin says their way yummy to leave to when of going out to the camp at boston in the tells representative the bottom, i retain end of alterable of the action field so for me this was really an important part of understanding george washington. sometimes i think he had marthas relationship was sort of made into something it is not come and i think in these letters i see george washington you had a deep love for his wife. by the time washington is at valley forge he...
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so i'm a boston red sox fan, you ask me about the red sox, i'd probably give them a score of 90, or at least i would have until their september collapse in which case it was about a 10. but that's another matter. so what you're looking at here is a picture that raised all of these different religious groups and how they are perceived by everyone else in the population. so this particular figure only tells you how other groups, other folks feel about a particular group. it's how non-jews feel about jews, it's how non-catholics feel about catholics. it's a different story about how groups fee feel about themselves, but today i want to focus on how different groups are perceived by others. now, the first thing i want to point out is that the range here is fairly compact which means that most americans actually give most religions a pretty moderate rating. but there is some variation, as you can see. here at the top we have the most popular religious group in america. and the most popular religious group in america is, drum roll, please, the jews! but i assure you that no jew believes that
so i'm a boston red sox fan, you ask me about the red sox, i'd probably give them a score of 90, or at least i would have until their september collapse in which case it was about a 10. but that's another matter. so what you're looking at here is a picture that raised all of these different religious groups and how they are perceived by everyone else in the population. so this particular figure only tells you how other groups, other folks feel about a particular group. it's how non-jews feel...
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my attorney in boston. >> i think you may want to go back to the well? >> but. >> nancy gibbs and mike duffy our friend at time magazine have a new book coming on the club, the president's club about the former presidents, and it is quite true when you have the great good fortune to talk to presidents, how clear it is, tier of the club and who is in the one term men's grill. the other guy can go all the way to the dining room. >> and president carter and president bush, can only eat sandwiches. >> but i think, of course, distance changes things, george w. bush explicitly counts on that, someone who reads a lot of history, i just read four books last year on jeash washington's presidency, think people will change their view, michael taught this a long time ago, your rule is 25 years, about? to be able to really appreciate -- >> rose: have we changed our idea of our opinion of john kennedy in 25 years later. >> there have been all sorts of oscillations. >> in the sixties was a hero and you learn about him in the 1970's to bring him down and back and forth,
my attorney in boston. >> i think you may want to go back to the well? >> but. >> nancy gibbs and mike duffy our friend at time magazine have a new book coming on the club, the president's club about the former presidents, and it is quite true when you have the great good fortune to talk to presidents, how clear it is, tier of the club and who is in the one term men's grill. the other guy can go all the way to the dining room. >> and president carter and president bush,...